12.0% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wildes Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wildes Meadow
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 12% of people in Wildes Meadow were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than the wider state. Most residents identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 49.4%, followed by Australian at 31.3% and Scottish at 20.9%. Irish and Italian ancestries also feature, making up 15.7% and 3.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The typical resident was born in Australia, accounting for 83.9% of the population. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.2%, followed by New Zealand at 1.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Wildes Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14309/wildes-meadow/topic/ancestry-heritage